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A looooong time ago I bought one these thangs for my PC-98, inserted it in the back and promptly forgot all about it until I “rediscovered” it recently.

From searching it is an LA module (MT-32) and MPU-401 all rolled into one. Well, what PC98 games, if any, can even take advantage of this thing? I was hoping for Doom, but seems it was written for the SC55, so no dice…

I suppose I could use the MPU-401 portion to route the midi from Doom to an external compatible Roland module, but it seems I would need a MCB-2 breakout box for that, which mine didn’t come with. The port on the back, which is supposed to go into the MCB-2, could I get midi out of it using one of those cables that goes from a PC joypad port to midi? I think those cables were meant to work with sound blasters?

As it is this thing is looking a mighty lot like a lemon.

There are dozens of Japanese games compatible with LA MIDI, although many of them are probably X68000 titles (Konami, Wolfteam).

MIDI on PC-98 didn't really take off before 1993 (Falcom, etc) and as such the most used formats were definitely GM and GS.

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